单词 | metasomatize |
释义 | metasomatizev. Geology. transitive. To alter (a rock, mineral, etc.) by metasomatic processes. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [verb (transitive)] > metasomatism metasomatize1942 1942 Mineral. Abstr. 8 242 Xenoliths of siltstone or sandstone country-rock are metasomatized to granophyre. 1988 Nature 1 Dec. 459/1 Here we show that such melts will alter the chemical composition of (‘metasomatize’) the mantle through which they pass. 1993 Science 9 July 173/3 The Loihi-Kilauea neon trend suggests that subducted IDP[= interplanetary dust particle]-rich sediments, or fluids therefrom, may be mixing with, or metasomatizing, depleted peridotite. Derivatives metaˈsomatized adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > metamorphism > [adjective] > metasomatism metasomatic1878 metasomatized1955 1955 Mineral. Mag. 30 681 The carbonatite contains abundant fragments of fine-grained phlogopite-rock, which can be shown to represent metasomatized fragments of brecciated gneiss. 1999 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 107 416/2 The adiabatic decompression of a metasomatized periodotite would easily bring it across the solidus. metaˈsomatizing adj. ΚΠ 1943 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 243 a. 313 From the metasomatizing mafurite magma K2O, cafemic oxides, TiO2, H2O, and CO2 were carried idfferentially into the granite. 1990 Jrnl. Petrol. 31 598 Most interpretations of metasomatized ultramafic xenoliths have called upon distinct metasomatizing agents or/and distinct P-T conditions to account for the differences between these two types of peridotites. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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